Michael Z. Lewin

People sometimes ask me to sell them books - which is cool and I'm happy to say that I can now send books to people unable to pay in US dollars or UK pounds.

I now have an account with PayPal, the money transfer system associated with eBay. PayPal can be used to send money in almost any currency.

Would you like a copy of EYE OPENER, signed and perhaps inscribed? I have some I can send you for £10 - or the equivalent in other currencies - plus postage - £2.50 in the UK. Click below and email me if you're interested.

I do also have copies of my other books, including some in Japanese, German and a few other languages as well as those from the US and the UK. Email me to ask about any books you might be interested in.

I've put a new old picture on the Bio/biblio page - bigger than here. If you scroll down the page, see if you can spot the mystery writer.

This writing’s a strange ol’ game. There is no natural place in the cycle of idea-write-publish to meet the people who read (and buy) what I do for a living. Or to tell them about anything that isn’t between the book covers. I hope that this site will fill a bit of that void, just as my occasionally visiting libraries, bookstores, universities, festivals and conferences already does. I can also be booked for weddings and children's parties.

The Events page is where I’ll post details of my venturings out in public, so you’ll know where to find me if you want to tell me in person how much better other people’s books are. There’ll be an occasional Newsletter that will include updates along with whatever else takes my fancy at the time. There’s also a page for you guys to talk among yourselves. What more could you want?

A way to contact me? Done! A way to buy books from me? That too. Help keep my grandchildren in shoes.

I don't check these pages every day, but I haven't launched this project lightly. I consider a website to be a long term commitment. You may be fickle and never call to let me know when you’re going to be late, but I’ll be here. Well, they do call this the home page.

Update details:

I do look in at the site often without up-dating it but on the following dates I made significant changes.

On April 17, 2008, I put the cover photo of OH JOE on the Home page and made several other changes - deleting some pictures and moving others.

On April 5, 2008, I added a picture from my son's wedding and responded to a posting on Chit & Chat.

On March 28, 2008, I deleted some old pictures and sections that referred to them and added a new bunny on Chit & Chat.

On March 12, 2008, I added a picture taken for a story in the Bath Chronicle about my AHMM story, "Death Row." I also deleted the picture of just the cover of the magazine.

On February 12, 2008, I added a new picture of myself (and a lil daffodil) to the home page, along with a new welcome message.

On January 26, 2008, I added the photo of AHMM March 2008 to the home page and made some corrections elsewhere.

On January 3, 2008, I responded to a contributor to Chit & Chat who had nice things to say about the Lunghis.

On October 15, 2007, I added a picture of the Frome Men's Basketball team from the '70s and updated my forthcoming appearances.

On September 10, 2007 I eliminated reference to an out of date way of getting copies of my books and replaces two individual pictures of the Japanese edition of CUTTING LOOSE with one.

On this site I hope to provide a combination of accurate information about my current and past writing along with some less work-focussed bits and pieces.

So, look around and then, if you care to, comment on the Chit & Chat page, sign up for a very occasional newsletter, or contact me with the links provided.

And in any case, thanks for checking in. MZL Feb 08

Followers of this website will know that I have stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine from time to time. In fact in the May 2007 issue there were two of my stories, both about Garth and Annette who are mature cribbage-playing friends and, um, problem-solvers...

The stories could have stood alone but as the second takes what happens in the first on a bit, the wise and wonderful editor of EQMM decided to put them in the same issue.

If I've tantalized you into wanting to read them, copies should be available on request from American booksellers or www.TheMysteryPlace.com. I do have a couple of copies here that I could supply at exorbitant prices.

My thanks to Yusuke Nakai for sending me images of the covers of the two volumes of the Japanese edition of CUTTING LOOSE. And to Nellie Bridge of the Author's Guild Web Services for contriving to put them side by side.

The IDEAS Experiment is the title of a booklet that I have written with my friends Liza Cody and Peter Lovesey. We all attended the Left Coast Crime conference in Bristol (England) in March 2006 and we devised the "experiment" for a panel there.

Agreeing on a little newspaper story, we each wrote a short story inspired by it. Would they all be the same, or would they be very different? The resulting stories are published in the booklet. And I have posted the beginning of each story to give you a flavor.

If you'd like to have a copy of the booklet there are a few left - we only printed a hundred. You can order them through me while they last - not available other than from the three authors, sorry.

I can send a copy to the UK for £4.50 (£8 for two copies.) In the US they'll cost $10 ($18 for two copies.) The prices include postage and packing.

I can send copies to other countries as well, but I'll need payment in US Dollars, GB Pounds or using PayPal - the money transfer system associated with eBay.

Sorry I can't take checks in other currencies. My bank here charges £10 ($18) for them so orders would have to be large for me to be able to take payment in, say, euros or yen.

If you're interested in purchasing the booklet, please contact me on the link below.